Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admitted that his team could not keep up with Bournemouth’s intensity in their 2-1 defeat at the Vitality stadium on Saturday, November 2. City looked completely out of touch on the day Bournemouth took the lead through Antoine. Semenyo in the 9th minute. The defending champions would have a mountain to climb when Evanilson doubled the lead in the 64th minute.

City would achieve a great finish with the goal scored by Josko Gvardiol in the 82nd minute. however, Cherry managed to get their first win against Manchester in the Premier League.. It would also end City’s 32-match unbeaten run and move them into second place after Liverpool beat Brighton 2-1. While speaking to reporters, Guardiola congratulated Bournemouth on the win and lamented not being able to take their chances after scoring.

“We knew we couldn’t keep up with the intensity. We talked about it. It was an open game. We had our chances at the end but I congratulate Bournemouth on the win.”

“They play that kind of game, 50-50 balls in the middle, duels. They are very aggressive. They had six or seven days to prepare. They have physicality and speed, but you have to win those situations. And they had their chances. Ederson made a good save. At the beginning of the second half “We had some really good moments and then it was hard to accept it because after we scored we had momentum and opportunities but we couldn’t score again.”

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Guardiola said after the match that City were hampered by a number of injuries. There were only 13 fit players in the team that lost to Tottenham in the League Cup. City’s boss said he had a few players fit and match-ready, which unbalanced the side.

“It is. We have a small number of players with a lot of minutes and a large number of players without minutes, which disturbs the balance a little bit. We played well against Spurs but today we couldn’t cope with the intensity they had and that’s that. “Why did we lose the game?” Guardiola said. .

City will face Sporting in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, November 5.